Category: Community

Community Honorary Glimmer Seeker

John the Lollypop Man

Every now and then we like to award Honorary Official Glimmer Seeker badges to people in the community who spread glimmers to others. Meet John our local lollypop man. John has been safely crossing children over this busy bit of road for years and whatever the weather he always does it with a smile on […]

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Community In the Wild Leader

Anna Birt

Meet learning and skills coordinator Anna . Anna is based in Gloucestershire and has been working for the Canal and river trust for many years delivering education programmes and inspiring children and their families to connect with their local canal and river spaces.

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Community In the Wild Leader

Nowrujee Ali

Nowrujee leads educational engagement in the London area she is also a STEM co-ordinator, for the Canal & River Trust. Nowrujee is passionate about helping children and helping them to access green and blue spaces and regularly runs workshops for large classes. “Thank you for providing a really effective and supportive training session last week. […]

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Community In the Wild Leader

Claire Cavendish

Claire is the learning and skills co-ordinator for Yorkshire and the North East. Claire gets to regularly work with her amazing group of Canal & River Trust volunteers at the amazing engineering landmark that is Tees Barrage. Miranda and I had enjoyed a recent visit there to help run a day of family sessions.

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Community In the Wild Leader

Helen Evans

Helen is an amazing Education Co-ordinator at the Canal and River Trust and one of our In the Wild Leaders, she loves working with children and helping them to find calm at the Canalside. She is a joy to work with and her passion for her job shines through.

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Retrain Your Brain to Look for Joy

Glimmers are the tiny moments of joy, warmth, or connection that are easy to miss — but when you start noticing them, everything changes.

Since I started noticing Glimmers, my whole perspective has shifted. It's a game changer!

— Lisa, Teacher & Parent

Nice to feel valued and supported as an individual. We often miss out our own care in the struggle to set up all the many school and group sessions that we run throughout the year.

- Canal & River Trust Staff
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